| A Convert of the Mission Contributor(s): Harte, Bret (Author) |
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ISBN: 1499596537 ISBN-13: 9781499596533 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.73 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Physical Information: 0.09" H x 5.06" W x 7.81" (0.12 lbs) 44 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836- May 5, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. Bret Harte was born in Albany, New York, on August 25, 1836. He was named Francis Brett Hart after his great-grandfather, Francis Brett. When he was young his father, Henry, changed the spelling of the family name from Hart to Harte. Henry's father - Bret's grandfather - was Bernard Hart, an Orthodox Jewish immigrant who flourished as a merchant, becoming one of the founders of the New York Stock Exchange. Later, Francis preferred to be known by his middle name, but he spelled it with only one "t", becoming Bret Harte. An avid reader as a boy, Harte published his first work at age 11, a satirical poem titled "Autumn Musings," now lost. Rather than attracting praise, the poem resulted in his family's ridicule. As an adult, he recalled to a friend, "Such a shock was their ridicule to me that I wonder that I ever wrote another line of verse." His formal schooling ended when he was 13 in 1849. He moved to California in 1853, later working there in a number of capacities, including miner, teacher, messenger, and journalist. He spent part of his life in the northern California coastal town of Union (now Arcata), a settlement on Humboldt Bay that was established as a provisioning center for mining camps in the interior. |